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Bosnia braces for fresh protests
Feb 08, 2014 (AFP)
Bosnia braced Saturday for fresh protests amid warnings the country could face a "tsunami" of popular anger over its dire economy after days of riots left sever...
Obama singles out China, Myanmar on religious freedom
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama Thursday said global religious freedom was vital to US national security, and named China, and Myanmar among nations that should show mor...
Surprise contender in Costa Rica second-round presidential vote
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
Centrist Luis Guillermo Solis took a surprise lead in Costa Rica's presidential election Sunday, and will now face a ruling party candidate in a run-off vote in...
Madonna to share stage with freed Pussy Riot members
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Madonna will share a stage with the freed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot at a concert in New York next month, the US pop star said. The singer will app...
Turkey government eyes retrial plan for coup plot officers
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his government was working on a formula that would open the way for retrials for hundreds of military o...
Sisi must heed Egytians' demand to run as president: army
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
Egypt's top military council said on Monday its commander Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should heed calls to stand in a presidential election. The Supreme Council of the...
Khodorkovsky associate walks free after decade in jail
Jan 24, 2014 (AFP)
Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev walked free from prison on Friday after Russia's Supreme Court ordered his early releas...
US welcomes dialogue in Ukraine
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday welcomed plans for talks between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders after five days of deadly clashes be...
Turkey rejects jailed ex-army chief's plea for release
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
A Turkish court rejected on Tuesday a request by former army chief Ilker Basbug, who was convicted last year in a mass trial over an alleged coup plot, to be re...
Violence mars run-up to Sochi Olympics: HRW
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
"Serious" human rights problems such as anti-gay violence are clouding the run-up to the Sochi Olympics, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday while hailing the relea...
Gulf between rich and poor is biggest global risk: WEF
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
The growing gulf between the rich and the poor represents the biggest global risk this year, the World Economic Forum declared Thursday ahead of this month's Da...
Tokyo governor race wide open as ex-PM Koizumi steps in
Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)
Popular former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he was backing a fellow ex-premier in the race to become Tokyo governor, setting the stage...
Turkey's under-fire Erdogan sidles up to military
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey's embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears willing to mend fences with the once all-powerful army which he fought hard to rein in, as he see...
Turkey PM says 'favours' retrial of coup plot officers
Jan 05, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey's embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday he would favour retrials for hundreds of military officers jailed for coup-plotting. In the l...
Turkey's jailed ex-army chief blasts 'disloyal' comrades
Jan 03, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey's former army chief Ilker Basbug, the highest-ranking defendant convicted in a mass trial over an alleged coup plot, has fiercely criticised his comrades...
Turkish army demands retrial in coup plot cases
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey's military has demanded a retrial for army officers convicted of plotting to topple the government, claiming the evidence was fabricated, media reports s...
Pussy Riot says wants Putin out, Khodorkovsky in power
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
The freed members of the Pussy Riot punk band said Friday they still wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin out of power and would like freed ex-tycoon Mikhail...
Third Turkey minister steps down, calls on PM to resign over graft probe: TV
Dec 25, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey's environment minister stepped down on Wednesday, the third in the cabinet to resign over an anti-graft probe that has roiled the government, and called ...
Khodorkovsky to stay out of Russia, help jailed dissidents
Dec 22, 2013 (AFP)
Russia's former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Sunday after walking free from a decade in jail that he would stay away from his homeland but help to free ...
Scandal-hit Turkey PM presses police purge
Dec 21, 2013 (AFP)
Turkish prosecutors have begun charging some of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's closest allies in a huge graft scandal he has responded to with a spectacu...
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